Luton Airport MultiStory Fire

[da.murf]

Anyone following this?

Looks like it’s burning to the ground as we speak and lots of chat of it kicking off so quick because of an electric car starting it



Full story

Luton Airport fire: All flights suspended after massive blaze causes terminal car park to partially collapse

Four firefighters and one member of airport staff are in hospital after the fire broke out on Tuesday.

news.sky.com

 

[purplea4T]

Nowhere is an electric car mentioned in the full article. Seems like any fire of this magnitude will be blamed on electric cars cause petrol engines one never go on fire….

 

[da.murf]

Nowhere is an electric car mentioned in the full article. Seems like any fire of this magnitude will be blamed on electric cars cause petrol engines one never go on fire….

Yeah not mentioned in sky article. I attached it more just for info and a video. Other stuff it chat as mentioned about the speed it spread. Read that engines where on the scene very quickly etc

 

[mk2driver]

Got to love the random speculation that’s it’s an EV

 

[purplea4T]

US studies show there were 1,529.9 fires per 100k for ICE vehicles and just 25.1 fires per 100k sales for electric vehicles.

In Sweden a study showed a petrol or diesel car in was around 20 times more likely to catch fire than an electric vehicle.

There’s been a lot of scaremongering recently in relation to EV cars and their safety flaws or failures, I wonder what really is driving that thinking.

 

[gpaevo]

Luton's own fire service will have there within minutes, local authority full time on scene in a similar time.

Something significant has happened to allow them to lose that so quickly eg construction of the building could make it a wind tunnel therefore turning it into a venturi fuelled blowtorch.

If it was an EV, they were beaten before they arrived. My worse fear EV fire in basement car park like Vic Square or Arc Apartments

 

[Apis]

EVs eh?
The modern day fag butt.

 

[ilovequo]

Everyone’s got very protective of EVs all of a sudden!

 

[gcon45]

US studies show there were 1,529.9 fires per 100k for ICE vehicles and just 25.1 fires per 100k sales for electric vehicles.

In Sweden a study showed a petrol or diesel car in was around 20 times more likely to catch fire than an electric vehicle.

There’s been a lot of scaremongering recently in relation to EV cars and their safety flaws or failures, I wonder what really is driving that thinking.

It’s gammon propaganda.

 

[gpaevo]

 

[da.murf]

Is that going to be a case of protect surrounding buildings rather than try and put that one out?

 

[Boabybooster]

Everyone’s got very protective of EVs all of a sudden!

EV owners are like brexit voters, have found the experience expensive, not fit for purpose, U.K. infrastructure isn’t ready for it and ultimately can’t admit it was a mistake.














Casts lure.

 

[gpaevo]

Is that going to be a case of protect surrounding buildings rather than try and put that one out?

If it was me, absolutely. Once there is confirmation of no risk to life then switch to protecting the surrounding structures as you as say.

Car park was gone.

 

[da.murf]

Seems it’s out

 

[Rocko]

Twitter said it was a recently parked Range Rover.

 

[Lyons]

Nightmare. Not just a case of driving the other cars out now either, they’ll not be allowed in for ages until the structure is assessed.

 

[purplea4T]

Twitter said it was a recently parked Range Rover.

Yeah, pic of an RR - if indeed that’s kosher.
Was the big one in the Liverpool Arena started by a RR too?

 

[DC.]

 

[BobSpounge]

Probably an electric scooter in the boot of the RR

 

[gary87]

They could have got a bit closer so we could have at least read the registration!

 

[BobSpounge]

The RFFS in work went into overdrive when those videos of electric scooters going on fire went viral. Demanded that remote fireman switches be installed for the charging stations for the cleaners equipment on site.

All the equipment uses lead acid batteries plus isolation of the chargers is fruitless if the batteries are already on fire.

Lithium-ion is a different story.

 

[Coog]

So not an EV but a Rangie instead.

Wonder will all the gammonators be ranting about how lethal Range Rovers are, or will they, as I suspect, say nothing.

 

[Boydie]

Probably an electric scooter in the boot of the RR

Or a vape left on charge!

 

[KevM]

Look, Im only saying what EVERYBODY is thinking lol

 

[KyleR]

So not an EV but a Rangie instead.

Wonder will all the gammonators be ranting about how lethal Range Rovers are, or will they, as I suspect, say nothing.

Could it have been a hybrid?